Omaha daily bee., 1887-03-05

test was lengthy, thirty minutes be allowed
each side in which to present its case.
MIR. Whitmore thought the committee of
the house was Just as competent to give a
statement of this contest as was required,
and he was opposed to allowing outside at
torneys to appear before the house.
Mr.. Tingle of Brown shared In this
Mr.. Newcomer thought each of the parties
who had an attorney ought to have their
wishes respected and their lawyers given
permission to speak.
The motion prevailed.
The clerk then read the majority re-
port of the committee on priv.
ileges and elections. 1t recommended
the adoption of the report made by the same
committee some time ago when itfayored the
seating of the contestant, }. ID. Smell. This
recommendation was based upon alleged
illegal voting. Mckenna had a majority of
Smell had proven to the committee that more
than that number of illegal ballots had been
cast for Mckenna by non-residents who were
at the time of the election building railroad
in the vicinity of Forest City. Sarpy county.
Mckenna's vote was COL, while the number OF
alleged illegal ballots deposited for him
amounted to forty. Deducting this number
from the total places Mckenna's vote at 5S7.
The minority report is IN effect that its
makers cannot agree with the recommenda-
ton of the majority because the testimony
does not show that the fourteen votes in
question were Illegal. and, IL they were, tor
whom they were cast, the contestant or con-
testee. They were cast after the oath pre-
scribcd had been taken with all the other
statutory PROVISIONS.
Attorney Lee Estele appeared for Nc
kenna and Mr.. Magney of Papillion spoke
for Mr.. Smell.
Speeches were afterwards made by Messrs
Russell of Colfax and Rief of Hall.
Mr.. Newcomer moved that the report of the
| minority of the committee be substituted for
| that OF the majority, and called for the pre-
| vious question:. The question prevailed and
tEntn tal- adj anti of n
| minority report 1t uted in a vote OF AZ
to "a, and Mckenna was declared entitled to
the seat he has held during the session.
| Mr.. Whitmore presented the majority re-
| port of the Douglas delegation on the Omaha
| charter and asked that it be printed so as to
! be ready early next week.
| Mr. Garvey of Douglas presented a minor
| ity report, which was signed by himself and
Mr.. Knox of the same place Ii recommends
the adoption of the judiciary committees re-
| port.
second time and en.rossed for third reading
| with the exception OF 494 and 495, which
| were referred to the committees on normal
school and university and judiciary
| respectively.
House rolls 345 and 346 were made special
| order for "Wednesday at 10 a. IN.
Mr.. Agee's bill 49i, introduced few days
| ago after having been killed on the same
| day, was objected to by Mr.. LieSveld of Ian.
caster for that reason. 1t provides for two
| normal schools. The chair announced that
1t would be referred to the committee on pub
Mr. Demnster ohiected to this hecause the
committee of which he was chairman, normal
which Tie hiii shouId he raferred 'f'' WV "
Nj STee Of Homilton made Iopd sneech
in favor of having his hiIi rpferred to q com.
miitee which was no. hostile to il, w e0A'
The chair held that Mr. Iiesved's obiec.
| ,ion was not a tennble one
Nj, Demnster renlied to Mr.. Aree bv re-
marLing L' thai hc had no hostility to the lat.
ter's hill bmt simpIv wanted to have it go tn
the nroner committee.
| Mr. Smvth said that ha n aI,yavs Iikad to b,va
| hill Vo IN the nroner committee in his
| MINI Tho right nIacl for the hiil in o,nstinn
was The committees on normal schools and
mniverSitv' To assume that it could not 90
there now with safety was to cast reflection
| m the character of The chairman and tn
send it TO another COMMITTEES would be- TO ask
| the house 10 believe that Mr. Demnster could
not hurv his preiudices in the consideratinn
| of matters coming before his committee. His
| course had been an honorable and manly one
during the forty DAYS he had been in the
house.